Poetry on the Prairie

Join us at Art on the Prairie again this year as we present "Poetry on the Prairie" at the Perry Public Library. We are ecstatic to welcome several Iowa poets to join in on the fun. This event is free and open to the public! Plus, Beaverdale Books will be onsite selling books by the poets!
 
See the full list of Art on the Prairie events at artontheprairie.org
 
Saturday, November 14:

• 10:00 -10:30 | Coffee Networking
• 10:30 - 11:30 | The Art of Losing: Loss, Memory and Reclamation with BJ Soloy (workshop)
• 11:30 - 1:00 | Lunch 
• 1:00 - 2:00 | Through You Not To You: Generating Metaphors with David Williamson (workshop)
• 2:00 - 3:15 | Feature readings
  • Paul Brooke (Poet Emcee, Iowa Poet Laureate)
  • Kelsey Bigelow
  • Thunda Khatt
  • Josie Nabhan-Warren, 2026-27 Iowa Student Poet Ambassador
  • BJ Soloy
  • Aaron D. Wiegert
• 3:15-3:30 | Stretch break (if time allows)
• 3:30 - 4:30 | Open Mic (emceed by musical duo Pullin’ Strings)
• 4:30 - 5:00 | Buffer time and officially end by 5:00 at the latest

• 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Networking
• 11:00 - 12:30 | Lyrical Iowa readings (emcee Marilyn Baszczynski)
• 12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch
• 1:30-3:00 | Regional/Place-Based Poetry Workshop with Elaine Mattingly
• 3:00 - 4:00  | Poetry Open Mic (emcee Elaine Mattingly)